8 Tempting Desserts Featuring Summer's Star Fruits

It's summer: Time to head to the farmers' market to stock up on peaches, plums, blueberries, and apricots, and get baking! The season's best fruits become irresistible in these recipes for hot cobblers, sweet crisps, flaky crumbles, and tangy tarts. If you're in the mood for more fruitilicious desserts check out our best homestyle cobblers and 16 enticing fruit-full creations.

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Plum Cobbler

Top fresh, warm plums with golden, crisp biscuits for a satisfying summer dessert. Use this versatile recipe with all your favorite fillings: Use 4 pounds of stone fruit (peaches, nectarines, apricots) cut into large wedges; or 4 pounds of berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries); or 6 pints of blueberries plus 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.

Buttermilk-Biscuit Peach Cobbler

Unlike most people who make cobblers, Bobby Flay opts to bake the biscuits separately from the fruit so the undersides cook fully; then, just before serving, he sets the biscuits on the fruit and bakes them for a few more minutes, so they can soak up some of the juices without getting soggy.

Stone Fruit Crumble

Peaches, nectarines, and apricots give this crumble a satsfying sweet taste. You can also enjoy it filled with 4 pounds of berries (strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries); or 4 pounds of plums, cut into 1-inch cubes; or 6 pints of blueberries plus 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.

Peach Crisps

Paul Virant bakes his simple peach crisps  a classic Southern dessert  in individual ramekins, but the sweet summer fruit and crunchy, buttery topping could be prepared in a single baking dish as well.